Contested schools in Bury

These are the Bury schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.

Appeal success rates for Bury

Secondary schools (6)

Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.

Contested secondary schools in Bury, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
The Elton High School	210	277	1.32
Woodhey High School	226	276	1.22
Parrenthorn High School	210	230	1.10
Manchester Mesivta School	41	43	1.05
Unsworth Academy	199	191	0.96
Star Radcliffe Academy	148	134	0.91

Primary schools (22)

Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.

Contested primary schools in Bury, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Chantlers Primary School	36	64	1.78
Sunny Bank Primary School	30	49	1.63
Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School	15	19	—
St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich	30	38	1.27
St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	45	52	1.16
Radcliffe Hall Church of England Methodist Primary School	30	34	1.13
St Luke's CofE Primary School	60	66	1.10
St Peter's Church of England Primary School	30	32	1.07
Mersey Drive Community Primary School	17	18	—
Whitefield Community Primary School	16	17	—
Chapelfield Primary School	39	40	1.03
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe	29	30	1.03
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School	30	31	1.03
Tottington Primary School	32	31	0.97
Cams Lane Primary School	21	20	0.95
Chesham Primary Academy	42	39	0.93
Higher Lane Primary School	59	54	0.92
Heaton Park Primary School	47	43	0.91
Wesley Methodist Primary School	40	35	0.88
Unsworth Primary School	31	27	0.87
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom	12	9	—
Greenhill Primary School	26	19	—

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.